Nervous System (CNS) Flashcards
Largest and most complex mass of nervous tissue in the body.
Brain
What is the primitive name of brain
Encephalon
4 major regions of the brain
Cerebral Hemisphere
Diencephalon
Brainstem
Cerebellum
Aka big brain. Largest part of the brain. Each of its hemisphere represents the contralateral side of the body.
Cerebrum
Dominant side of the cerebral hemisphere.
Left Hemisphere
Characteristics of the left hemisphere
Math analysis
Analytical
Logical Thinking
Language
Non Dominant part of the cerebral hemisphere
Right hemisphere
Characteristics of the right hemisphere
Memory and music
Insights
Creativity
Arts
Membranous connective tissue that encloses the brain and spinal cord
Meninges
3 kinds of meninges
- Dura Mater- Tough outer layer (closest to skull)
- Arachnoid Mater- web-like structure filled with fluid that cushions the brain
- Pia Mater- Delicate inner layer (closest to brain tissue)
External surface anatomy of cerebrum
Gyrus
Sulcus
Rounded elevation/ridges. Convolutions and increases surface area of the brain
Gyrus
Depression/ grooves. Deeper fissure
Sulcus
Separates the right and left cerebral hemisphere.
Median Longitudinal Fissure
Aka rolandic fissure. Separates the frontal and parietal lobe.
Central sulcus of rolando
Separates temporal lobe from the other lobes of the cerebrum
Lateral Sylvian Fissure
Internal Surface Anatomy of Cerebrum
Gray Matter
White Matter
Aka cerebral medulla and is the deep layer of the cerebrum. It consist of myelinated axons & neuroglia that connects gray matter areas of the cerebrum
White Matter
Give the white matter fiber tracts
- Commissural Fiber
- Associated Fiber
- Projection Fiber
Connects corresponding regions of the 2 cerebral hemisphere.
Commisural Fiber
What is the largest commissural fiber?
Corpus Callosum
Connects various cortical regions within the same hemisphere. Example arcuate fasciculus
Associated Fiber
Connects cerebral cortex with the lower portion of the brain and SC
Projection Fiber
Give the lobes of cerebrum
- Frontal Lobe
- Parietal Lobe
- Occipital Lobe
- Temporal Lobe
Largest lobe and responsible for motor function, personality and behavior and also called as the seat of intelligence
Frontal Lobe
Responsible for pain, temperature, touch, and pressure.
Parietal Lobe
Smallest lobe and responsible vision
Occipital Lobe
Responsible for hearing, smelling, and memory
Temporal Lobe
Give the number of Brodmann’s area in the Frontal Lobe
BA 4: Primary Motor
BA 6: Premotor Area
BA 8: Frontal Eye Field
BA 9, 10, 11, 12: Prefrontal Area
BA 44, 45: Broca’s Area
Aka precentral gyrus. Responsible for the execution of motor function on the contralateral side of the body.
Lession; Flaccidity
Brodmann’s Area 4: Primary motor Area
Aka “secondary motor area” ; “motor association area”
Responsible for
-motor planning
- initiation of movement
- coordination.
Brodmann’s Area 6: Premotor Area
If there is a lesion in BA6 what will happen?
- Spasticity
- Incoordination
- Tremor
- Akinesia on the contralateral side
Responsible for conjugating eye movement.
Lession; Frontal Gaze Pattern
BA 8: Frontal Eye Field